Risperidone treatment of neuroleptic-induced tardive extrapyramidal symptoms. 2000

T Suenaga, and Y Tawara, and S Goto, and S Kouhata, and A Kagaya, and J Horiguchi, and Y Yamanaka, and S Yamawaki
Department of Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Hiroshima University School of Medicine.

Tardive extrapyramidal symptoms (EPS) induced by neuroleptic treatment, and particularly EPS which persist after withdrawal of the drugs, are clinically serious problems. We describe a patient with four types of tardive and persistent EPS such as dystonia, dyskinesia, choreatic movement and myoclonus, induced by haloperidol. These EPS were remarkably inhibited by 3 mg/day risperidone. This is the first published case demonstrating simultaneous development of these four types of tardive EPS induced by a neuroleptic and then reduced by low-dose risperidone treatment. ( Int J Psych Clin Pract 2000; 4: 241 - 243).

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